Queen guitarist Brian May was knighted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace as we speak (March 14).
May was included within the 2023 New Year’s Honours listing alongside the Lionesses and extra, each for his work in music and his historical past as an animal rights activist.
The first Honours listing from the brand new King additionally options nationwide treasures together with Stephen Graham (OBE for providers to drama) and Frank Skinner (MBE for providers to leisure), the latter of whom stated he kept away from telling his household of the honour on account of believing it was “some sort of administrative error”.
England captain Leah Williamson is made an OBE. MBEs have been awarded to teammates Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead and Ellen White.
Sharing a photograph of himself being knighted, May merely wrote: “No words! Bri”.
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Discussing the honour, May informed BBC News: “This is a kind of licence, a kind of commission to carry on doing what I’m doing, and it gives me a bit more power to my elbow. So I’m very happy about that.”
Elsewhere, May lately stated that Queen used to get “irritated” by crowds singing each line to their songs throughout their earliest days as a band.
Speaking to Total Guitar journal, May stated initially, they only needed followers to take heed to the lyrics they’d spent hours arising with.
He defined: “Because we thought: ‘People, just listen. We’re working really hard, so bloody well listen!’ But they were unstoppable.”